| ste_north_stand Posted on 18/4 11:55 | |
| Are England good at anything these days? | |
England football team - garbage England cricket team - garbage England rugby team - garbage Are there any sports that can ease the pain? | |
| SouthernSmogette Posted on 18/4 11:56 | |
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No, may as well move to another country. See ya x | |
| swordtrombonefish Posted on 18/4 11:56 | |
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Booing, bitching, whining and complaining. | |
| crab_people Posted on 18/4 11:56 | |
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snooker and darts | |
| bandito Posted on 18/4 11:57 | |
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Ony a couple of months to go before "Henmania" kicks in. | |
| Tom_Fun Posted on 18/4 11:57 | |
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Badminton | |
| SouthernSmogette Posted on 18/4 11:57 | |
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Henmania is shortlived. | |
| ste_north_stand Posted on 18/4 11:58 | |
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I imagine Henmania will ber very, very short lived this year. | |
| swordtrombonefish Posted on 18/4 11:58 | |
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Henmania = premature infatuation. | |
| zaphod Posted on 18/4 12:04 | |
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We're not really that good at badminton. | |
| BoroDancer Posted on 18/4 12:11 | |
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We just won a rake of gold medals on the cycling the other day... | |
| ste_north_stand Posted on 18/4 12:13 | |
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Cycling? Badminton? Darts? This just isn't helping, although i am a fan of the snooker i must admit. | |
| The_Lizards_Jumpers Posted on 18/4 12:14 | |
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Track cycling, however it doesnt get any media attention as it doesnt involve Gerrard or Terry. | |
| Tom_Fun Posted on 18/4 12:16 | |
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Aren't that Robertson and Emms English Zaphod? I thought they were amongst the best in the world? | |
| onthemap Posted on 18/4 12:17 | |
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That'll be the current England Rugby World champions then? | |
| Azedarac Posted on 18/4 12:17 | |
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Ping Pong? Target Rifle Shooting. Real Tennis (because about 3 people in the world play it). | |
| SouthernSmogette Posted on 18/4 12:18 | |
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I choose my nationality on a weekly cycle on the basis of the sporting headlines. | |
| Tom_Fun Posted on 18/4 12:18 | |
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Real Tennis. Is that the one where you can hit it on the roof? | |
| ste_north_stand Posted on 18/4 12:18 | |
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onthemap, true enough but the team that won the World Cup is long gone. Here and today we are very poor. | |
| Cockney_Barra_Boy Posted on 18/4 12:28 | |
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Formula 1 World Superbikes??? Do these count? Boxing - few world champs are English...a few more are British | |
| Moody41 Posted on 18/4 12:29 | |
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Real Tennis, I don't think we can claim that anymore either given that the mens version is dominated by a Aussie. | |
| onthemap Posted on 18/4 12:31 | |
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ste_north_stand Actually the team seems to getting back together (unfortunately) with Vickery et al being flavour of the month. Point conceded though, we are poor at the moment. | |
| zaphod Posted on 18/4 12:32 | |
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Mixed Doubles, though. I'll bet you wouldn't even know who won Wimbledon tennis mixed doubles. | |
| Tom_Fun Posted on 18/4 12:34 | |
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Errrrrr, no you're right. But come on, we've got to take what we can get. | |
| Capybara Posted on 18/4 12:34 | |
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England might be poor at the version of the game which appeals to those with a low attention span, and it may have been a poor tour to the antipodes, but we are still officially ranked second in the world at proper cricket. Just had a thought. Is the singular of antipodes, antipus? | |
| BoroG_85 Posted on 18/4 12:44 | |
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we were good at boxing thanks to Lewis, now i dont even know who is champ in boxing no more. | |
| iain_dalton Posted on 18/4 12:46 | |
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we're winning the poker nations cup! | |
| onthemap Posted on 18/4 12:48 | |
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Are we not even world champs at darts then? | |
| Tom_Fun Posted on 18/4 12:49 | |
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Nope, Barneveld's the current champion. | |
| towz Posted on 18/4 12:50 | |
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Xenophobia, Snobbishness, Ignorance | |
| ste_north_stand Posted on 18/4 12:51 | |
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Ricky Hatton and Junior Witter are boxing world champions. There will be more i'm sure but i can't think off the top of my head. | |
| BoroG_85 Posted on 18/4 12:56 | |
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isnt there like 5 belts just for heavyweight champ in boxing:- WBO, WBC, WBA, IBF think boxing would be better if they had one belt for heavyweights.. | |
| speckyget Posted on 18/4 13:03 | |
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Don't we also rule at Horseybigmalletball? Or is that the Argies? | |
| Cockney_Barra_Boy Posted on 18/4 13:09 | |
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You've got Hatton, Witter, Clinton Woods, David Haye, Amir Khan - all English, might not be champs but still word clasee (maybe not Amir yet) And British you can add, Calzaghe, Maccarinelli, Alex Arthur.... Anf that's off the top of head... | |
| BossHogg Posted on 18/4 14:11 | |
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Lewis Hamilton in F1 is English isn't he?? Early days, but it's only his first year on the circuit, currently joint top of the standings.. --- Post edited by BossHogg on 18/4 14:14 --- | |
| BoroDancer Posted on 18/4 15:02 | |
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Gail Emms is English and she's hot also (badminton player) | |
| Proctors_Perm Posted on 18/4 15:06 | |
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gail emms hmmmmm | |
| Link: not so sure........ | |
